Stepping Out Of My Comfort Zone

I have been stepping out of my comfort zone lately... In more than one way. And I have proof. Photography proof. And knitted items proof. So let's get to it, I have been so looking forward to write this blog post!!!

Scouting for models

A couple of weeks ago, I told my husband how I was dying to ask some people to model for me but I did not have the courage to approach them. My husband then told me about a documentary he had seen about a photographer who wanted to shoot some pictures of a village where illegal plants were grown. The photographer got over his fear, approached the villagers, asked for permission to shoot pictures and ... got a "yes" for an answer.

Regular readers of this blog will remember that I designed "Adrienne" back in December of last year. Fingerless glove "Sally" I also designed back in December of last year.

Also, remember that green moss scarf I designed for my brother Tristan? In my last blog post, you saw Luis wearing the scarf. In this picture, Jade is wearing the same design scarf, but in a different color:

Sigh... I feel so blessed that Jade and Kassandra agreed to model for me... They were such troopers. You must know that these picture were taken very early on a Sunday morning. The night before the girls had been out drinking and I betcha they had a bit of a hangover. They did not complain once. They even apologized for being a bit late. And all I kept thinking was sheesh... how LUCKY am I to have these beauties model for me...

We made lots of other photos that day. Keep on checking back!

Stepping out of my comfort zone with regard to yarn

I usually work with finer gauge yarns and more than once, I cringe just looking at chunky and bulky gauge yarns. Needle size bigger than US11? No way!

But guess what... I have been working with super bulky yarns and needle sizes US15 and US19 and I simply LOVE it!

The results are the cowls with buttons which Kassandra and Jade are wearing and just a few days ago I made a swatch with Colinette Point 5:

It's freakin' HUGE yarn! I cannot believe I am actually working with it!

More details to come

You might wonder with what yarn I made the cowls. Hold on, be patient, more details will follow. I planned on having the cowl patterns and Tristan's scarf pattern to be issued in this week, but alas, I have been so busy lately and just did not have the energy to do any knitting let alone WRITING a pattern.

Heck, I did not even have the energy to write a blog post...

I will be traveling to Pittsburgh, PA, next week and that means no work in the yarnshop for 2 whole weeks. That does not mean my hands will be idle, though. I will be working hard on writing out patterns, editing pictures, getting everything in a pdf file, going to Kinko's to print out patterns and what not. And this time, I am actually going to ask money for all of my hard work!